The Marine Headquarters first received word that Maud had arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago.
Then, Momousagi Gion took the initiative to request the mission to hunt down Maud.
And after Momousagi Gion set out with her team, the Marine Headquarters received the latest news about Maud—
Bagard Maud had killed five supernovas stranded on the Sabaody Archipelago within half an hour of arriving there.
The five supernovas killed were as follows:
Sharp-Eyed Oliver, with a bounty of 110 million.
Flying Axe Gant, with a bounty of 120 million.
Jack the Ripper Jeff, with a bounty of 160 million.
White Fist House, with a bounty of 190 million.
Fang Sword Percy, with a bounty of 200 million.
In addition, Rommel's Weasel Cavendish, whose bounty was as high as 380 million, was suspected of having been captured by Maud.
Such an illustrious record, if accomplished by an officer below the rank of Marine Admiral, would certainly have caused enormous waves throughout the ranks.
But the person who had accomplished such a feat was Maud, himself a pirate supernova.
That made the matter rather intriguing.
After all, in the long-standing "supernova tradition," when had anything like this ever happened?
Setting aside the usual conflicts between pirates, even the Marine Headquarters, which was only a step away from the Sabaody Archipelago, had never been able to stop all the pirate supernovas who emerged every year at the Sabaody Archipelago.
Yet as soon as Maud arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, he had struck those supernovas a crushing blow.
Normally, in the eyes of well-informed veterans like Garp, Aokiji, and Vice Admiral Tsuru, although such a thing was rare, it was nothing extraordinary.
But the person who had done it was Maud.
Those who had crossed paths with him and knew him well could not help